#matteo maria boiardo

[italian-lit-tournament]

Italian literature tournament - First round.

Propaganda in support of the authors is accepted, you can write it both in the tag if reblog the poll (explaining maybe that is propaganda and you want to see posted) or in the comments. Every few days it will be recollected and posted here under the cut.

[larmegliamori]

Low quality meme for today's Orlandoposting

[bush-or-bald]

Angelica (Orlando Innamorato): Bush or Bald?

It's rather vague whether Angelica is from India or China. This epic poem was written in Italy long before the invention of google earth, so the author probably didn't know the difference. It makes little difference for the purposes of this blog either, as both countries have strong bush traditions.

Verdict: bush

[spoke9]

Matteo Maria Boiardo | The Count frees the captives from the Ogre’s cave

And then he cried: ‘O Knight of the Lord, As I must name you for your valiant deed, To free the souls trapped in that abhorred Villain’s cave, would, according to our creed, Prove a noble work, and pious; rest assured. I can guide you to the place, but, take heed, Should we meet another giant, on the way, Expect but little help from me, this day.’ So, the friar led Orlando to the…

[deusexmagicalgirl]

Orlando Innamorato, Part 1

I have finished the first eight cantos of Orlando Innamorato, which brings us up to almost one hundred pages of A. S. Kline’s translation. That should put us well on track to finish the book before Easter on April 9th, which is our goal. I think I made the right decision in buying this edition. Further checking has confirmed that Kline’s is one of only two complete translations of the Orlando…

[poesiayotrasletras]

UN PASTORE POETA | Berardino Perilli

A Campotosto (AQ) l'inverno si avvicina. Nel vento gelido dell'altopiano, il vecchio pastore Berardino Perilli si attarda con i suoi animali prima della transumanza verso la campagna ternana. Berardino ama Dante Alighieri e Matteo Maria Boiardo ...

Crediti: Fotogramma tratto dal documentario «Un pastore poeta», https://vimeo.com/190539261 A Campotosto (AQ) l’inverno si avvicina. Nel vento gelido dell’altopiano, il vecchio pastore Berardino Perilli si attarda con i suoi animali prima della transumanza verso la campagna ternana. Berardino ama Dante Alighieri e Matteo Maria Boiardo, legge l’Orlando Furioso e la Gerusalemme liberata, gioca con…

[massimomantovani]

I poemi cavallereschi È il genere letterario che va per la maggiore nel ‘500 Si ispira ai cicli bretoni e carolingi (storie di Re Artù e dei cavalieri della tavola rotonda o di Carlo Magno e dei suoi seguaci). STRUTTURA: sono dei poemi scritti in ottave, cioè in strofe di 8 versi ciascuna con schema di rime ABABABCC. I più famosi esempi di romanzi cavallereschi sono: àOrlando Innamorato di Matteo Maria Boiardo àOrlando Furioso di Ludovico Ariosto Gerusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso

[maimoncat]

This really makes me wonder which arthurian texts Matteo Maria Boiardo was familiar with.

Because one of the most recognizable attributes of Morgan in his chivalric poem "Orlando Innamorato" (Roland in love) is the fact that no one can catch her by grabbing her hair from behind, because SHE SHAVED THE BACKSIDE OF HER HEAD

‘Cest chi com Sebile lencanteresse bati morgane la fee et la maina par mi la salle par mi les lestres’ / How Sebile the enchantress beat Morgan le fay and dragged her across the room and across the letters 

Taken from MS Bodmer 116 folio 94 v

[italian-lit-tournament]

The participating authors for the Italian Lit(erature) Tournament: the general list + a google form to add other proposals

Podesti Francesco - Torquato Tasso reading Jerusalem Delivered to the Estensi court

The start of the Italian Lit(erature) Tournament (first edition) is getting closer, but first I want to post the general list of the authors partecipants.

The principal issue is that every literary canon is constantly changing, with more critical studies over the years. I've thought about it, read and searched, and the solution I found has two parts:

I will take the principal authors from this list, which in turn is based from the studies of Gianfranco Contini and Asor Rosa. The list is too long and many names are only chronicles and essayists, so I'll chose the principal ones, trying to balance between north/south Italy and male/female authors (taking into account that many authors that we study are men). As you will see below under the cut, the list is already pretty long, doing some math the challenge will be 2/3 months long.

Still, I recognise that this isn't 100% unbiased and fair, so I opened a free and quick google form when you can add a maximum of two authors that you don't see in the list. This considerable limit is to avoid having too many names - if in some answers I see more than 2 names, I'll take into account only the first 2 listed.

IMPORTANT! 👇

After much thoughts, I also chose to don't include living authors or authors death only recently (before January 2023). The reason is simply to avoid potential issues in the community, like bashing between fandom or admirers of some specific author, or going too far like offending some people near the author still alive or recently deceased. Maybe if this tournament will end well, a second edition could be made next year and maybe with the addition of living authors! (I'm already thinking to do an italian or european cinema tournament in the future but this is still in the draft).

Under the cut, you will find the list of the authors already part of the challenge, name-surname with the surname in alphabetical order. If you don't see a name that you want to see, use the form to add it!

edit: I added the ones from the surbey so far, all in italics. There are names that have been sent but already on the list.

Dante Alighieri

Sibilla Aleramo

Vittorio Alfieri

Cecco Angiolieri

Pietro Aretino

Ludovico Ariosto

Matteo Bandello

Anna Banti

Giambattista Basile

Giorgio Bassani

Cesare Beccaria

Maria Bellonci

Pietro Bembo

Matteo Maria Boiardo

Giovanni Boccaccio

Giordano Bruno

Dino Buzzati

Italo Calvino

Andrea Camilleri

Giosuè Carducci

Guido Cavalcanti

Carlo Collodi

Vittoria Colonna

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Giacomo da Lentini

Caterina da Siena

Alba de Céspedes

Cielo (Ciullo) d'Alcamo

Edoardo De Filippo

Federico de Roberto

Grazia Deledda

Umberto Eco

Beppe Fenoglio

Marsilio Ficino

Dario Fo

Ugo Foscolo

Veronica Franco

Carlo Emilio Gadda

Natalia Ginzburg

Carlo Goldoni

Antonio Gramsci

Francesco Guicciardini

Tommaso Landolfi

Giacomo Leopardi

Carlo Levi

Primo Levi

Carla Lonzi

Niccolò Machiavelli

Alessandro Manzoni

Giovanbattista Marino

Giovanni Meli

Pietro Metastasio

Eugenio Montale

Elsa Morante

Alberto Moravia

Anna Maria Ortese

Giuseppe Parini

Goffredo Parise

Giovanni Pascoli

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cesare Pavese

Francesco Petrarca

Luigi Pirandello

Angelo Poliziano

Luigi Pulci

Salvator Quasimodo

Gianni Rodari

Lalla Romano

Amelia Rosselli

Umberto Saba

Emilio Salgari

Jacopo Sannazaro

Goliarda Sapienza

Leonardo Sciascia

Matilde Serao

Gaspara Stampa

Mario Rigoni Stern

Italo Svevo

Antonio Tabucchi

Torquato Tasso

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Pier Vittorio Tondelli

Giovanni Verga

Giambattista Vico

Renata Viganò

Elio Vittorini

Giuseppe Ungaretti

[larmegliamori]

Ok so ideologically I agree more with Boiardo but Ariosto has a better composition sense and character development. Also his poem actually ends. (Not) sorry

[ars-solitudine]

A me credete, miseri mortali, credete a me, che ne ho verace prova, che ogni vostro diletto è fumo al vento.

[mjljmj]

Orlando innamorato Signori e cavallier che ve adunati Per odir cose dilettose e nove, Stati attenti e quïeti, et ascoltati…

[somehow---here]

Ne forte abbraccio, né ardire animoso, Né scudo o maglia, né brando affilato, Né altra possanza può mai far diffesa, Che al fine non sia da Amor battuta e presa.

Matteo Maria Boiardo, Orlando innamorato, I, 1, ott. 2, frammento

[muthur9000]

Apocalyptic Procession from The Divine Comedy &  Orlando Furioso by   Matteo Maria Boiardo illustrated by Gustave Doré 1879

Apocalyptic Procession by Gustave Doré 

The passages of the Bible are represented as figures, twenty-four old men represent the Old Testament; followed by an empty chariot, which represents the church, drawn by a griffin, traditionally taken as a representation of Christ. 

The empty chariot is symbolised by the empty juggernaut, the griffin represented by Shaw who has her ID tag discovered in the juggernaught/ in the book they discover her Cross and journal.

The chariot surrounded by seven female figures representing four cardinal virtues and the three theological virtues, as well as by four figures who represent the four evangelists. 

In the city you can see 4 statues situated around the open hangar containing the other juggernauts.

Following behind are the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles of Paul, and the minor Epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude. Trailing behind is:

“a lone old man, his features keen, advanced, as if in sleep” (Purg. 29.143-44). 

This is the author of the Apocalypse,  John. He is in a visionary trance, “asleep”, yet keenly sighted.

I believe John is paralleled to Captain Jacob Branson who ironically says he is “Burning Up” before he dies in his hypersleep chamber.

Orlando Furioso by Gustave Doré 1879

The poem is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato. Describing the journey of Charlemagne,  the Franks and Orlando as they battle  the Saracens.  Ariosto composed the poem introducing narrative commentary and coining the term "humanism." Focusing on the strengths and potential of humanity, rather than only upon its role as subordinate to God. Leading to Renaissance humanism.

I believe this strongly represents the underlying themes of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Focus on humanity and strength of the characters in the face of God(Faith) and Satan(Everything that goes wrong) and Nothingness(Atheism) in the future.

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Prometheus Analysis | Alien Covenant Analysis |  Mythology Prequels Project | The Crossing Analysis |  Advent Analysis

[inconsutile]

Dai sono romantica pure io

Amica che mi rassicura sul fatto che mi passerà la sbandata che ho avuto negli ultimi mesi mentre io penso al porno.

[aboutanancientenquiry]

Herodoto Alicarnaseo historico Delle guerre de Greci et de Persi tradotto di Greco in lingua Italiana per il conte Matteo Maria Boiardo [Herodotus, The Wars of the Greeks and the Persians, translated from Greek into Italian by Count Matteo Maria Boiardo] Venice: Aldus Manutius [i.e. Aldine Press], 1502.

Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440-1494), Count of Scandiano, was Italian Renaissance poet, best known for his epic poem Orlando innamorato. His translation of Herodotus into Italian was the first complete translation of Herodotus into a vernacular language.

Source: https://www.publishinghistory.com/classical-greek-authors-aldine.html